My ongoing theme is always the truth, as I see it, and the exposure of lies, deception and manipulation wherever they exist. I remain firmly convinced that the world can no longer resist its innate urge to unite and co-operate with one another and we are very close to the point where war can no longer be an option if this transformation is to occur. Website: allenroland.com Email: allen@allenroland.com

Monday, October 24, 2016

"Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of
the White House, that is the First Amendment in action" ~ Julian Bond

"The media is
absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to
cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government…We
have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their
jobs…War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired
government flacks posing as reporters" These words spoken by Amy
Goodman (Democracy Now) speak to the sanctity of our First Amendment which is
now under attack at the North Dakota Access Pipeline and of course Amy still
continues to speak truth to power at great risk to her personal safety as well
as all truth tellers and citizen journalists committed to the truth: Allen L
Roland, PhD

{Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances} First Amendment to the United States Congress

Officers
Withdrawn from North Dakota Following Arrest of Madison Elected Official

Madison Common Council Alderperson Rebecca Kemble
speaks out after her arrest while working as a legal observer during the
growing resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. What she describes is a
militarized criminal justice system whose focus seems to be to intimidate and
provoke even with a peaceful and lawful demonstrations.

The intent appears to be to treat
innocent demonstrating participants as wild and lawless criminals which
includes strip searches, food and clothing deprivation and humiliation ~ all of which has happened at Standing Rock.

Here Journalist Amy Goodman speaks out after her charges were dropped for
covering the brutal repression of peaceful water protectors. See 16 minute
video interview ~ https://youtu.be/z17xOYki0sU

In an exclusive interview, Democracy Now's Amy Goodman says she's turning
herself to North Dakota authorities to defend the right of journalists
everywhere to challenge power ~ and all citizen journalists, including myself,
need to heed her words for the handwriting is on the wall for citizen truth
tellers in our current war on terror for the first casualty of war is THE
Truth. 8 minute video ~ https://youtu.be/4isZv59gmGw

Gary G. Kohls, MD , Transcend Media Service, mirrors my thoughts on this matter precisely when he wrote last week about the
power of the alternative press ~ "I suspect that North Dakota’s
plutocrats had no idea who or what they were dealing with. They probably hadn’t
even heard about Democracy Now, since there are so few public radio stations in
North Dakota and an even smaller number that host Goodman’s daily program.

…. And I suspect that that ignorance also holds true for North Dakota’s
militarized police force, its National Guard troops, and ETP’s private security
forces (and their vicious dogs), all of whom were embarrassingly armed to the
teeth like Star Wars Stormtroopers, as they faced the small band of unarmed and
nonviolent protectors

… And thus they misunderstood the soul force power wielded by the Standing
Rock tribe and their supporters. The commanders of the armed forces at Standing
Rock should be ashamed of themselves ~ and the elites behind the intimidation
should be voted out of office this November."

Heart centered spiritual consultant and advisorAllen L
Roland can be contacted atallen@allenroland.comAllen is also a
lecturer and writerwho shares a weekly political and social commentary
on hisweb logand
websiteallenroland.com. He is
also featured columnist on Veterans Today andis a
featured guest on many radio and Television programs.

Friday, October 14, 2016

The Dynasty is over for the 2016 Giants who won the world
Championship in 2010, 2012 and 2014 and were three outs from another playoff
elimination game win over the Chicago Cubs on October 11th, a day after a
sublime come from behind win against the Cubs. Then the piano fell on their
collective heads as manager Bruce Bochy obviously over managed his team,
killing the momentum by replacing Matt Moore for the ninth inning after
pitching a two hitter for eight innings and opened the door for the Cubs to
pummel the Giant's Achilles heel ~ a carouselof tired and shaky bullpen pitchers for four runs and then
finally crush them to a whimper with Chapman's 100 mile an hour heat in relief.
Thus the SF Giants went in one day from the sublime to the ridiculous with a
humiliating six to five loss ~ which could have been avoided or perhaps
postponed if Moore had been allowed to finish his pitching gem: Allen L Roland,
PhD

I'm
an avid Giant baseball fan ever since I heard the shot heard around the world
on October 3rd, 1951 when Bobby Thompson hit a homerun in the 9th inning to
beat the Brooklyn Dodgers and win the Pennant. See video ~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI7dVj90zs

I
was 17 years old at that time and living in Boston, Massachusetts but the
Giants captured my young and exuberant heart.

I
also remember well in 1962 when Willy McCovey smashed a bullet line drive into
the Yankee's 2nd base Bobby Richardson's glove with two outs in the ninth
inning of the World Series and the winning run at 2nd base. Over 50,000 fans
fell into a shocked hushed silence including myself ~ I was 28 years old at
that time, an active duty Navy carrier pilot and my beloved Giants had just
moved to the West Coast. See video ~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD1TPzwIG9I

Now
I'm 82 years old and have celebrated and watched the Giants win the World
Series in 2010, 2012 and 2014 under the brilliant guidance of Manager Bruce
Botchy and now in 2016, they were seemingly on the verge of another playoff
victory against the Chicago Cubs on October 11th at AT&T park.

On
the mound was a determined Matt Moore who held the Cubs to two runs and two
hits in eight innings, retiring his final nine batters.

He
had thrown 120 pitches but he had thrown 133 pitches on August 25th when he one
hit the Dodgers and he still felt strong ~ as confirmed by Buster Posey.

I
was watching on TV and screamed to Bochy to leave Moore in along with thousands
of Giant fans at the game "Don't take him out."

Moore
deserved at the very least a one batter curtain call for his incredible
pitching effort ~ but it was not to be. The
decision had already been made and it soon became a disaster.

The
bubble burst when Moore walked into the dugout after the eighth inning,
according to Steve Kroner, SF Chronicle , " I just went and talked to
pitching coach Dave Righetti and he said, "that's it for tonight"
and after the TV commercial break ~ there was Derek Law on the mound
ready to face Chicago in the ninth ~ the Cubs could smell the blood in the
water and Giant fans, including myself, braced ourselves for the unknown ~ the
feeding frenzy soon began and it was over in a few minutes.

Reliever
Sergio Romo openly laughing into his glove after being relieved by Bochy in the
tense ninth inning did not go unnoticed by many and speaks of player disunity
in the Giant Bullpen.In mid-September, Romo was seen laughing after
Bochy pulled him, showing up the manager, and Bochy said they met afterward ~ but
this was totally inexcusable behavior considering the circumstances.

Bruce
Jenkins ,SF Chronicle describes the carnage, ~ " On one of the most
disastrous evenings in Giants franchise history, a 5-2 ninth inning lead became
a four-run Chicago rally in what seemed like an instant.

Relievers
came and went, desperation filled the air, and the Cubs were ruthless in their
execution. Free of Matt Moore, the Giants left hander who pitched the game of
his life ~ they were feasting without mercy."

As
the seagulls settled into AT&Tpark ~ also feasting without mercy ~ the Achilles
heel of the San Francisco giants had been fully exposed to a nationwide TV
audience.

TheGiants shaky and suspect
bullpen had a disastrous roll call in the ninthinning
of a must win game but it would have eventually been revealed later in the
playoffs but hopefully not at the expense of
a magnificent effort by Matt Moore that foggy and
damp night in San Francisco ~ or in
the eyes of thousands of fans, including myself, who trusted that moment in the
ninth inning and screamed "Don't
take him out."

Most
certainly it still dwells in the mind of Bruce Bochy who was oblivious to the
crowd's chant as well as the genuine
optimism and momentum of his team, and
instead played mix and match with his suspect Bullpen after he ignored the
dominating performance of Moore, who was obviously his best pitching choice in that situation, and who also
fully deserved the accolades of the crowd as well as his moment in Giant
history ~before they headed to Chicago for
a decisive game five….. thus it was not
meant to be, and only the Seagulls and Cub fans rejoiced at AT&T … but the CURSE
awaits the Cubbies in Chicagoversus Kershaw and the Dodgers.

Love is the most
important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too. Yogi Berra

Heart centered spiritual consultant and advisorAllen L
Roland can be contacted atallen@allenroland.comAllen is also a
lecturer and writerwho shares a weekly political and social commentary
on hisweb logand
websiteallenroland.com. He is
also featured columnist on Veterans Today andis a
featured guest on many radio and Television programs

Friday, October 7, 2016

Arnold Palmer was my hero in the 1960's for his swashbuckling style of play and willingness to take risks
on the golf course endeared him to millions, including myself, who saw him as
the king of the links and a man of the people. His passing on at 87 years old
leaves golf with an unfillable void for he brought a country club sport to the
masses with his hard charging style and friendly outgoing personality. Spurred
on by his army of worshippers, including myself, Arnold's skills and gracious
attitude endeared him to Presidents like Dwight Eisenhower as well as commoners
and golf hackers like myself. He deeply loved the game of golf as well as his
adoring and growing army and he became the stuff of legends in the process:
Allen L Roland, PhD

" It didn't matter if you cut
the grass or you were a president. He was the same with everyone. He was just
.. he was the man." Ernie Els, on golf legend Arnold Palmer at his recent memorial service in
Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

Arnold
Palmer's swing and follow through was a pure power stroke as seen here at the
Masters tournament, which he won four times 1958,'60,'62 and '64 as well as the
US Open in 1960 and British Open in 1961 and '62.

Palmer
had 62 PGA tour victories which is fifth all-time and I was a proud member of
Arnie's army who not only followed him at many tournaments but patterned my
swing and putting stroke on his as a 7 handicap club player.

And
when I marched up the 18th fairway on the final round of my own club's first flight championship ~ I hitched
up my pants just like Arnie and deliberately hunched over my winning putt
before I drained it just like my hero did many times
~ except I had no cigarette to drop because I didn't smoke.

But
to be a member of Arnie's army was also to also suffer greatanguish as I did at the 1966 US Open at the Olympic Club in San Franciscowhen Arnie blew a seven stroke lead in the final round and settled
for a tie on the last hole and lost to Billy Casper in the next day playoff. I
was there that infamousSunday and watched
the slow collapse in disbelief.

Palmer's
par saving putt on 18th hole at 1966 US Open / Olympic Club, San Francisco ~ I was in that crowd behind Arnold cheering him
on as his lead evaporated.

Leading by seven shots entering the final nine holes,
Arnold Palmer forgot the golfer's credo of "staying in the moment"
and got ahead of himself.

Seeking to tie or break Ben Hogan's Open scoring mark of
276, Palmer continued to play aggressively.

Slowly the lead evaporated. Still, Palmer was six up with
six to play and five up with four to play.

Firing at the flag on the par-3 15th,rather than playing a safe shot, Palmer found
sand and a bogey and Casper drained a birdie to cut the lead to three strokes.The momentum shifted ~ that's when that reality hit Arnie and I could see it in his
tightening face.

Suddenly Palmer realized his lead was shrinking and started to press, he duck hooked his drive into
the trees on the 16th,trying to cut the
corner of the long par five, and lost another stroke to par while Casper
maintained par and Arnold was now up only one stroke but obviously struggling.

The wheels were coming off and Arnold would bogey17 to drop into
a tie and had to drain this putt on the 18th (see above photo) to save par as
well as end in a tie
with Billy Casper ~ and make Palmer the author of the biggest collapse in Open history.

But
his blast out of the high rough on the 18th
was pure Palmer and settled fifteen feet from the cup
for an easy par save ~ but the blown win
opportunity weighed on him and he lost decisively to Casper the
next day in a playoff.

To
quote Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, " On the golf course, Mr.
Palmer was an icon not only for how often he won, but the way he did it.

He
would hitch up his pants, drop a cigarette and attack the flags.

With
powerful hands wrapped around the golf club, Mr. Palmer would slash at the ball
with all his might, then twist that muscular neck and squint to see where it
went ~ " When he hits the ball, the earth shakes," Gene Little once
said."

Arnie
was the real thing in a world of golf pretenders so the next time you're ordering a
drink, make it an Arnold Palmer (half Lemonade and ice tea) and salute
the king whose legend still lives on ~ at
least in my mind.

Heart centered spiritual consultant and advisorAllen L
Roland can be contacted atallen@allenroland.comAllen is also a
lecturer and writerwho shares a weekly political and social commentary
on hisweb logand
websiteallenroland.com. He is
also featured columnist on Veterans Today andis a
featured guest on many radio and Television programs

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I'm a disabled active duty Navy veteran who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, survived a dysfunctional family, pursued and lived my dreams, including being a Navy carrier fighter pilot. I found myself by fully opening my heart, wrote three books, sired four children and I'm still living my ultimate dream by making a difference from a place of celebration and service. My 1998 PhD dissertation on the UNIFIED FIELD was chosen by Noetic Science and Common Boundary as one of the top three world finalists on combining psychology and spirituality. I retired from my private practice in 2014, because of my service connected asbestosis related lung disease, and live in Antioch, California but still remain involved as a featured columnist on Veterans Today and heart centered spiritual consultant and advisor ~ particularly with combat veterans with PTSD as well as others with PTHD ( Post Traumatic Heart Disorder).